Freemasonry in the Civil War

FREEMASONRY IN THE CIVIL WAR

Forest Lake Lodge has the pleasure of announcing that WB Hank Paulson, 33rd Scottish Rite and Osman Past Potentate will be speaking Thursday, August 6th about Masons of the North and South who faced each other in battle.

Civil War Freemasons involved in the fighting included Union General George B. Mac Clellan; Confederate Brigadier General Lewis Addison Armistead; Union Major General Winfield Scott Hancock, Captain Henry Bingham, General Winfield Scott; Confederate General Beauregard, Major General Henry Heth, and Brigadier General George E. Pickett.

Some of you may know that during the Civil War Masons formed military lodges within their regiments. There were 94 Union and 150 Confederate military lodges, which existed. These military lodges allowed the men, who shared Lodge experiences at home, to continue their traditions, and to induct an unknown number of the comrades in arms.

Their sense of Brotherhood transcended the battlefield, the war and the disagreements of politics which created the Civil War. There were numerous accounts of Masons coming to the aid of each other during battles, regardless of which side they fought for.

Please come join us! Feel free to bring your lady and/or someone you think could be a good Freemason.

By the way, who coined the phrase, “United we stand, divided we fall?”

Mike Hill, LEO